The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Cover

1899

Édouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
printer

Auguste Clot

(French, 1858–1936)
publisher

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)
France, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 59 x 44.4 cm (23 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.65.1
Catalogue raisonné: Roger-Marx 31
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

In 1893, Vuillard helped found Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, a Symbolist theatre helmed by French actor and producer Aurélien Lugné-Poë.

Description

As in Vuillard’s other work, family, friends, and homelife inspire his emotionally resonant prints. The artist weaves his figures into each setting, establishing an intimate relationship between sitters and locale while expressing a range of feelings, from calm to melancholy to nostalgia. Here, two women relax in a snug interior: one, dressed in white and accompanied by a small dog, reads a green-covered book at the left, while another (almost camouflaged in her surroundings) studies a fine print at the lower right. The barely distinguishable text across the surface of this lithograph reads Douze lithographies en couleurs // Edouard Vuillard // editíés par Vollard // 6 rue Lafitte (Twelve color lithographs // Edouard Vuillard // published by [Amboise] Vollard // 6 rue Lafitte).
  • ?-1951
    (William H. Schab Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1951-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Chapin, Mary Weaver. “Interior Dramas.’” In Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900. Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, 40-93. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021. Mentioned: P. 51; Reproduced: P. 79, no. 23
  • Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (July 1-September 19, 2021).
    Human Rights. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1963-January 12, 1964).
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